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fathers works, ..
C%hickering hall.
Mr.. Dickens has
been %indisposed
since his arrival
here some days
ago, but his all
ment fortunately
was not OF a Sc.
rious character,
and he has already
recovered from
rho aNpcte ~ hic
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In Duluth.

DULUTH. Dot. II.
October wheat opened at 1870. December at
I3Ac and May at 795sc. Cash wheat closed
At 7ac, December 73Lsc and May at 19Ac.
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band was on the
ground at the I'M
yelling Of the
bronze statue of
Abraham Lincoln
at Lincoln park.
A ire III e Id u s
shout went up
from the thous-
ands of people
assembled rs the
statue represent
ing the Z fig
urc OI ADlall;lIll
Lincoln WAS un-
yelled. The soul
Inspiring air of
America was
rendered inter
rupted every half
minute by n salute
from the battery.
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ss' A oSUAo 0G
him as though he
was a freak from
some dime muse
um, and any new
arrival is pretty
apt to be informed
OF the identity OF
his grace. To a
reporter he states
the object of his
visit Is to inspect
!the manner of con
s~tructing cable
lines, one Of which
- --
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In CHICAGO.

CHICAGO. Oct. Is.
All Of the grain markets opened easy, but
provisions continued strong and sold at higher
prices. December wheat started at 7%Ac and
reacted to 73hc. December corn opened at
t,h.. and is now selling ut AhS+5Ac. Octo-
ter oats c5lac,
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In Minneapolis.

MINNEAPOLIS. Oct. rs.
Wheat-No. l hard. cash. 7lAc: November
Ike; December, 72Ac; May, 7Shc. No. 1
Der. 79ISc; May. 75c. No. 2 northern. cash,
a5Ac; November, 85Ac; December. e6Nc; May,
nc.
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MiNNEAPoLIs, Oct. 25.-The Union
league has put in Minneapolis bid for the
Republican National convention in 1883.
1t will be sent in pamphlet form I Chair
man B.. +. Jones, to members of the ma
tional committee and to every Repub-
lican politician and congressman.
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r DICKENS, JR..

Commences Readings II New Fork From
the Works OF His Famous Father.
NEW York, Oct. 25.--Charles Dickens,
son of the famous novelist, has COM
menced n series OF readings from HE
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MARKET REPORTS.
In st.. Paul.

ST. PAUL. Dot. 70.
Wheat-No.1 hard. &c bid; No. l northern,
roc bid; No. 2 northern, 65c bid.
Corn-No. 2, &c bid. SSc asked.
osts-So. ., nllAed, 20 asked: So.2 white,
&c asked;
Barley-No. 2, Sc bid; No. 3, 4594sc bid.
Ryc-No.2 :. Ale bid.
Poultry-lIens. &c per ID: mixed hens and
BOOSTERS. GD7c: spring chicken, Sc per lb: tur.
keys. 5000: ducks and geese. 71Sc: prairie
chickens. s.. 5ntk3.W per dozen. Teal. l.25
mallard and red head ducks. 2.25 per dozen;
mixed ducks, l 20. Pheasants. 2.UMD2. rs. Wild
geese. 6.OOG:7.A per dozen.
Lsss-Quoted at 2llt2ac per dozen.
Butter Fancy creamery, 2+125c: choice
extra. aku2.c; choice dairy, lS1ac; common
ualiy, I2Gi5c, packing stock, Mc.
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BROKEN IN TWO,
Terrific Seas Smash Up a Schooner at
Marquette, Michigan.

MARQUETTE, Mich, Oct. 25.-At day
light it was discovered that the crew of
the wrecked schooner Alva Bradley was
still on board, having lost u yawl and not
being able to get off. A tug was tele-
graphed for and went down as soon us
possible, hut could not get to the schooner
because of the terrific seas breaking over
her. The men could be seen on board
and are thought to he safe. A flag of
distress is flying, and the vessel isbroken
in two.
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Minneapoiis Bids for the Convention.

In this city. From here he will go to
Omaha for a few days and from there
back to Chicago and the East.
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ST. PAUL, Oct. 2e.-At the Hotel Ryan
the most conspicuous figure at present 10
tho duke of Malhoronoh. Men stare ne
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The statue is of bronze, nearly twelve
feet high. and is the gift of the late Eli
Bates, who bequcathed 5000 for its
erection.
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IN HONOR OF LINCOLN,

Fine Bronze Statue of the Martyrcd
President Unveiled at Chicago.
CHICAGO, Oct. 22 Several thousand
DaOnla assembled md profassor Curripr's
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THE NEWS IN PARAGRAPHS.
Interesting Items Briefly chronicled
Fof Our Readers.

The Chicago roads have decided to h.
gin selling 1900 mile tickets on Nov. 1.
The Minnesota & Northwestern will be-
gin on Oct. 81.
Amer Green wal lynched at Delphi,
Ind, Saturday night by $50 masked men.
He was in prison for the abduction and
murder of Luella Mabbit.
The boilers attached to q machine sink
fng a Well in the Burlington & Western
yards at Lincoln. Neb., exploded, killing
Fireman Thompson and seriously injur-
ing three other employees. Tho explosion
was caused by letting the water get too
low in the boiler.
Twenty thousand persons were on the
grounds at the opening of tho Texas state
fair at Dallas.
The receipts of cattle and sheep at the
Chicago stock yards last week were the
largest on record.
Leading Washington lawyers think the
condemned anarchists had better prepare
to visit their God, rs there is little chance
Of the supreme court interfering.
From the proceedings Of the western
waterway convention at Memphis, Tenn,
it is evident that there is a strong feeling
among the members against making q
separate measure Of Mississippi river i'm
provements
The centennial exposition which is to
be held at Cincinnati mex year promises
to be a very successful affair. The sum
of 81, 1000 600 in guarantee notes has
been placed already in the hands Of tho
commissioners.
ioumans Bros. s. Hodgins, of Winona,
have hut down their saw mill to allow
work to progress on the large new mill
which is now building on the site Of the
old, and which will be the largest mill
on the river. Their cut for the present
season was about 20, O00, 600 feet, consid-
erably less than usual, on account of the
shutting Of the mill and Of tho dry sea-
son.
Joseph Ahrensdorf was ground to
pieces in the machinery Of q st. Paul
roller mill.
The Red river is frozen over, parties
having crossed on the ice from Pembina
to St. Vincent Monday.
A new p%ostoflce in Atlantic county,
New Jersey, has been named Folsom in
honor of Mrs. Cleveland.
There was received at the St. Louis
stock yards last week IL, $40 cattle, 49,
80 sheep, and 22,61O hogs.
The wheat crop of Manitoba this sea-
son will give an export surplus Of from
5000, 600 to 1000, 600 bushels, which will
fall far short of making mp the deficiency
in Ontario.
The Arkansas colored state fair at Pine
Bluff was a successful undertaking. The
exhibits developed fully the capacity of
the negro for industrial and Agricultural
enterprises.
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BLOOD POISON

Three years ago contracted blood poison
l applied to physician at once and his treat
mcnt came near killing me, employed an old
physician and then went to Ky. then went to
Hot Springs and remained two months, but
nothing seemed to cure me permanently, III
though temporary relief was given me My condi.
ton grew desperate and applied to noted
quack, but did notimproye, then used a prep
aration which was prescribed gratis bat 1T con
tanned too much alcohol and aggravated my suf
ferings, then placed myself under the treat.
ment Of a noted Nashville physician and for a
time was benefited, but by fall returned home
a ruined.man physically and financially, with
but little prospects of every getting well. My
money being exhausted, / did not know what to
do. In May, 1885, my mother persuaded me to
get bottle of B. b. b. made in Atlanta) and |
did so to crafty her, but to my uttsr astonish-
ment had not finished the first bottle before
every ulcer had been healed.
To the present time have used five bottles
and have received more benefit than from all
the rest combined; and am satisfied that B. B.
B. is the most wonderful blood purifier ever be-
fore known, and urge all afflicted young men
to try one single bottle and be convinced. l can
truly say think it the best medicine in the
world. IT. HALLERToN,
40
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The President has written a letter
DO the Secretary of the Interior in re-
gard to the conflicting claims OF Gull
ford Miller, settler and the North.
ern Pacific Railroad Company to GER
tain public land in Washington Ter
ritory. Miller settled on the land in
1878, but the railroad company claims
that it is part of its indemnity land
gronted by the government The
President condemns the practice Of
permitting the railroads to maintain
indefinite claims upon public lands to
the exclusion OF settlers, and directs
the Secretary in disposing of the ease
to mako every presumption in favor of
the settler.
The Democratic press is unanimou.
on the question of bouncing Villas, the
alleged head of the post-ollice affairs
in the United States We respectful
| ly submit that Mr. Villas is Demo
crat, and that alone is big argument
in his favor,
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Mark Twain's speech before the
Trinity College Athletic Society took
a reminiscentturn, being repleto with
illusions to his clerk, who became an
enthusiastic athlete and then stole
$4,000 and decamped
The Anti'Shorman men at Wash
ington al claim to think that the
Ohio leaders Southern trip was taken
too earley in the canvass II would
have pleased them better if he had
not gone before the spring of $50,
Allen G. Thurman insists that he
won't be Governor Of Ohio or hold any
other political office whatsoever, and
it does begin to look as if he had
really gone out of politics and pulled
the Ohio Democracy out with him.
A woman living in the vicinity OF
Jasper, Fla, is the mother of twenty
six children, Of whom twenty-iour
have grown to manhood and woman.
hood
A South Carolina wren built nest
under the caves ofan express car ON
the AbbeviIle Branch Railroad and
built it so well that the car makes foul
trips a day without injuring it.
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Brunswick, Ga, furnishes strong
proof Of progressiveness. Since 1880
its taxable basis has increased so per
cent, its population III per cent. and
its imports and exports 105 per cent.
AT this rate Brunswick will soon be-.
come formidable competitor of other
sea roast Southern cities.
Col Robert G. Ingersoll was admit
ted to practice at the bar in New York
state lately before the general term OF
the supreme court When he was
asked to be sworn he refused, and
affirmed in place thereof He then
signed the roll.
Roscoe Conllling is talked of for the
presidency of the New York Athletic
Club.
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in returning thanks to you for my miraculous
cure ofeczema or salt rheum, deem it advisa-
BILE to give you detailed account Of my case,
and as there is, and always will be a prejudice
against advertised remedies, you nave my con-
sent to publish this testimonial, and all inqui-
ries, by letter or in person, W i'll cheerfuly an
swer. do this that people who go on year al
ter year paying out large sums of money to in.
competent physicians and receive no cure, or
even relief or end in filing premature grave,
as was nearly my case, may be induced to make
trial OF the wonderful CUTICURA REMEDIES
At the age of three months rash made its
appearance on my face. physician was call
ed, he said teething was the cause, he prescrib-
ed some cooling medicine, but the sores spread
to my ears and head Another NJ. D. was called.
He professed to know all about the case, called
ii Kings Evil, ana prescribed gunpowder,
birthstone, and lard mixed into salve, but the
disease continued. They could not do anything
with it. Another prescription borax, waterand
flour; another, linseed pouldces None OF
them did me any good at all, but made me
worse. The disease continued unabated; il
spread to my arms and legs, till was laid up
entirely, and from continual sitting on the floor
on pillow my limbs contracted so that l lost
all control Of them, and was utterly helpless
My mother would have to lift me out and into
bed. could get around the house on my
hands and feet, but | could not get my clothes
on at ALL and had to wear a sort of dressing
gown. My hair had all matted down or faller
off, and my head face, and ears were one scab
and had to have towel on my head all tho
time in the summer to keep the flies or. Ny
parents consulted prominent physician and
surgeon here in Chicago Qhe other physicians
before mentioned were Of Duudas Hamilton
Canada), he said he could do nothing for me
that the chances were that / would grow out o.
it, or that it would strike inwardly and kill m,
in time. He wanted to cut the sinews Of m!
legs so that could walk but ! would not lie
him, for ii | did get better / would have no con
! troll Of them.
The disease continued in this manner until
was seventeen years old, and one day in Janua
| ry, 1876 in the Chicago Tribune, | read an ac
count OF your medicines. They described m!
case so exactly that thought, as last resort
TO give them trial.
When first applied the CUTlCURA, | was al
raw and bleeding from scratching myself, bu
| when applied it went asleep almost imme
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| effect was so sOOthing.
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Wytheville, Va, is to have an in
surance and banking company, with
capital of $1O0,O0O,O0 to start with
Reception TO Miss Winnie Davis
The reception rendered Miss Winnie
Davis, daughter of Hon. Jefferson Da-
Wis, by the citizens of Chattanooga,
Tenn. at the Stanton House, was one
OF the most brilliant social events in
the history of that city More than
five hundred invitations were issued,
and the reception was attended by all
the leading citizens of that city
Mrs. Jennie Mcfarland, the widow
of the late Judge Robt. Mcfarland,
died last Monday night at Morristown,
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All who desire full information about the
cause and cure of Blood Poisons, Scrofula and
Scrofulous Swellings Ulcers, Sores, Rheuma
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Address, BLOOD BALM CO.,
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NllAl Ais THE NAllOA7
The Average Length of Life De.
ereasing-Not Pestiience--
Not Famine--All our
own Fault.

MODERN COOKING AND Mop.
ERN LIVING have brought it
on, 1t comes upon us una.
wares. The patients have
pains about the chest and sides,
and sometimes in the back.
They feel dull and sleepy; the
mouth has q bad taste, especi-
ally in the morning. A sort
Of sticky slime collects about
the teeth. The appetite is poor.
There is a feeling like heavy
load on the stomach; sometimes
q faint, all-gOne sensation at
the pit of the stomach which
food does not satisfy. The
eyes are sunken, the hands
and feet become cold and feel
clammy. After a while a
cough sets in, at first dry, but
after few months it is at
tended with q greenish colored
expectorotion. The patient
feels tired all the while, and
sleep does not seem to afford
any rest After a time he be-
comes nervous, irritable and
gloomy, and has evil forebod-
ings. There is a giddiness, a
sort of whirling sensation in
the head when rising up sud-
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costive; the skin is dry and
hot at times; the blood becomes
thick and stagnant; the whites
of the eyes become tinged with
yellow; the kidney secretions
becomes scanty and high col
ored, depositing a sediment
after standing. There is fire.
quently a splitting up of the
food, sometimes with a sour
taste and sometimes with a
swedish taste; this is fire.
quently attended with palpi-
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matte symptoms; the vision be.
comes impaired, with spots be-
fore the eyes; there is a feel
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is thought that nearly onc.half
Of om population has this dis
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The effect Of this remedy is
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The irst morning alter using it my flesh q had
no skin only on the end of my nose was pink
color. Next day it was kind OF white and |
could place my hands on the sores without it
being painful In about two weeks | could
stand straight, but not walk, was SO weak; but
but my res were nearly well Then, / com
meneed the use Of CUuCURA REsoLvENr, and
in three days was worse than ever was one
mass of pimplcs from the top of my head to the
soles of my feet; to say they were painful
would not justify to the case, In from two to
four days they burstand left a small scale, which
dropped off and leftthe spot pure and the skin
white, and as near as can judge | was cured
in about six to eight weeks and up to this date
Il. e, from January, 1879, to January, 1880 have
not been sick in any way, or haye had the least
signs OF the disease reappearing on me- have
an excellent appetite have the very best OF
health My limbs are straight, supple and
| strong l haze been exposed to all sorts OF
weather without the least sign OF the diseases
yet. The only difference l find in myself is that
my skin is tiner softer and not 50 liable to get
chapped as is other persons
No doubt many persons will not believe thi
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CHICAGO Ill, Jan. 80, 1857.
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VERY NERVOUS

For many years l have been afflicted with
Rheumatism combined with some Kidney
Troubles. Indigestion finally added to my mys,
terry and soon became feeble and very ner,
vous, and my whole system was prosated, sever.
al physicians were employed and numerous pat
ent medicines resorted to without benefit. Aft
er seeing so many testimonials extoiling the
wonderful merit OF B. b b. l commenced its
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my constitution improved at once, and cheer
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larry afflicted. MISS ToMLINsoN.
Atlanta 40 Nov 1900
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